Interviews

Interview with Ellen Datlow

"Fear is a constant — it may manifest in different ways, but people will always be afraid of the dark, of the loss of bodily integrity (e.g. mutilation), loss of control, of the unknown, of the loss of a child or other loved one. Of death. Fashions in horror change but the archetypal scary things will still frighten when written well. "
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Interview with Jeff VanderMeer

"I like mushrooms because they seem truly alien, like squid. They seem like they arrived from outer space, in a way. They're unexpected and bizarre, neither plant nor animal. As for disease and infection, these are part of our lives, as is decay. We think they're things that we have held at bay with modern science, but we still die of them in large numbers."
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